When I'm Dead and Gone

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"When I'm Dead and Gone"
Single by McGuinness Flint
from the album McGuinness Flint
B-side "Lazy Afternoon"
Released November 1970
Recorded1970
Studio Olympic Studios,Barnes, London
Genre Folk rock, country rock, blues rock
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Bernard Gallagher, Graham Lyle (A-side); Hughie Flint, Tom McGuinness, Dennis Coulson (B-side)
Producer(s) Glyn Johns
Official audio
"When I'm Dead and Gone" (remastered) on YouTube

"When I'm Dead and Gone" is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, released as a single in 1971, on the Capitol label, by McGuinness Flint.

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Background

"When I'm Dead and Gone" was one of the first hit singles to feature prominent use of mandolin,[ citation needed ] played by Lyle, who also took lead vocal. Gallagher played bass guitar and sang tenor harmony, while both he and Lyle also played kazoos and guitarist Tom McGuinness played the dobro solo.

According to McGuinness, "You can get to number one in England and sell 200,000 total. But [the single's release] was over Christmas and it sold 400,000 ... it sold a couple of hundred thousand in America, 100,000 in Germany, 50,000 in Japan." [1]

After Gallagher and Lyle left the group and enjoyed a successful career as a duo, they featured the song regularly on stage - though usually in the lower key of C, rather than the original key of D, and eschewing kazoos in favour of a harmonica, which Gallagher used on a harness. This treatment of the song can be heard on the duo's 1999 album Live In Concert.

Album personnel

Chart performance

It was recorded and released in November 1970 as the debut single by McGuinness Flint, peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts [2] the following month, and reached No. 47 in the US charts in February 1971. [3] The song also peaked at No.5 in Ireland, [4] No. 6 in West Germany, [5] No. 39 in Australia, [6] No.34 in Canada, and No. 4 in Singapore.

Cover versions

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